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As aft epitome it was masterly ; it was crowded with argument , and some passages were most eloquently persuasive . It made a visible impression upon the auditors . The only cause for regret was that the unfavorabieness of
the day prevented many persons from hearing the preacher , though , notwithstanding this circumstance , the congVegation was very good and truly respectable , and more of the subscribers assisted in the
annual business than in any former year . Before the congregation were dismissed , notice was given that such friends to the society as
chose , might stay to hear the Eeport © f the Committee . The greater part did stay , Wm . Fbend , Esq . was called to the chair , and the Report was immediately read
by the Secretary . It was of very considerable length , including nearly the whole of Mr . Wright ' s journal of his late missionary tour in the West . It is the less
necessary to say any thing further of it as the substance of it will be in-* erted in the present work . It was well received by the meeting , and thanks were immediately voted to the Committee . Some
recommendations in the Report were , adopted ; as that the thanks of the Society should be presented to Dr . Carpenter , fox his
judicious plan of Mir . Wright ' s journey in the West , and to him and other ministers , and to individuals not ministers , and to some whole
congregations , for their zealous c 6-° peration with the missionary of the Fund , and that the next Com , nuttee be instructed to deliberate , and to consult with the friends of the Society , Jbefore-mentioned , * porx the formation of an Auxili-
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ary Committee in the West , pro * posed by Mr . Wright , at the suggestion of some gentlemen whose opinions must necessarily have great weight with the Society . The Report presented ma ^ ny instances of the want of ministers for small
congregations , and congratulated the Society upon a plan being in agitation for educating students for the ministry , with a particular view to popular preaching . In
consequence of this , the Society came to a resolution expressive of their pleasure on hearing of the design , and of their hopes from it , in relation to the cause of
Unitananism in general and to the objects of the Unitarian Fund in particular-, The customary thanks were voted to the Treasurer and Secretary and the Missionaries , &c . &c . and the following gentlemen Were voted into office for th «
year ensuing , viz . John Chris tie , Esq , Treasurer . Re v . Robert Aspland , Secretary . Committee . > Mr , George Cooper ^ — David Eaton > —• James Esdaile * Jun . — Thomas Freeman , — William Hall , — Samuel Hart ^ Rev ; . Thomas Rees ,
Auditors . William Frend Esq . J . T . Rutt , Esq . From the Chapel the subscriber * and their friends adjourned at fou » r
o ' clock to the London Tavern , Bishopsgate-street , to an economi - cal dinner . The room began to fill early , and the company at length consisted of two hundred and forty gentlemen ; the largest company th&t ever assembled W this occaiion . There was au ufc-
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Intellzgence—Unitarian Fund * 3 Sf
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1811, page 359, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2417/page/39/
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